Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.15.24

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]

Senate next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

House next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

February 16-- PA Utility Law Project, Public Citizen Webinar Exploring The Impact Of LNG Natural Gas Exports On PA Families. 11:00 a.m. to Noon.

-- Coalition For Community Solar Access Thanks House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee For Hearing, Calls For Vote On House Bill 1842  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Cambria County Prison Board Considering Solar Energy Conversion 

-- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front: New ‘Hub’ To Help Local Governments In Pittsburgh Region Bring In Historic Federal Clean Energy Funds 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Peoples’ Gas Proposed 7.6% to 21.4% Rate Hikes Will Get Their Time In The Court Of Public Opinion Next Month

-- Republican Herald: Thousands In Schuylkill County Entering Another Day Without Power

-- 10,624 Electric Customers Will Without Power In Pennsylvania [2.15.24 6:45 a.m.]

-- Tribune- Democrat: Somerset County Seeking ‘Energy Audit’ On Office Building

-- Scranton Times: Mayfield Logistics Park To Still Receive Nearly $15 Million In Federal Funds For Mine Reclamation, Funding Source Changing

-- DEP Hosts March 4 Hearing On Proposed Core5 Warner Road Warehouse Project In Pocono Twp., Monroe County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Took Action On 1,141 Permits, 93% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,496 Inspections; Responded to 17 Emergencies In The Week Ending Feb. 11 

-- Call For Abstracts/Posters: Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership 2024 Stormwater Symposium Oct. 16 & 17  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension March 19 Webinar: Five Steps For A Healthier Farm Pond, Noon

-- Chester County Press: Octoraro Watershed Assn. Photography Contest Now Open [Chester, Lancaster Counties]

-- Lock Haven Express: Clinton Conservation District Introduces New Staff Members

-- AG One Newsletter Special Issue Summarizing Governor's FY 2024-25 Farm Budget

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Con. Smucker Joins State, Local Officials To Oppose $2.5 Billion Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Project

-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: Perennial Pages - Gardens For Clean Water, Habitat Owners And Caretakers

-- DCNR Awards $444,000 In Wild Resource Conservation Program Grants To Support 12 Projects; Hellbender License Plates Available  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: ‘Bird Town’ Media Borough Hoping To Embrace Its New Designation

-- WNEP: Trail Race Coming To Miller Mountain In Wyoming County

-- Altoona Mirror: DCNR Answers Federal Discrimination Lawsuit By Employee

Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette: Biden Should Use Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Visit To Push Bipartisan Rail Safety Reform

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- WTAE: Gasoline Prices In Pittsburgh Up Nearly A Quarter In Past Month

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Could Curtail Some Natural Gas Production As Gas Prices Fade

-- Bloomberg TV: Canada’s Energy Minister: Period Of Using Natural Gas As Transition Fuel Should Be Short; Gas Should Not Replace Renewables; Canada Has Adopted Controls On LNG Exports The US Has Not  [PaEN]

-- Financial Posts: Canada’s Energy Minister: Risk Of Stranded LNG Natural Gas Export Facilities Is ‘Real,’ US Decision To Pause Approvals Of New Export Facility Licenses Is Welcome

-- Bloomberg TV: Canada’s Energy Minister: Risk Of Stranded LNG Natural Gas Export Facilities Is Real; US Pause Looks At Policies Canada Already Adopted

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Shapiro, Visiting Allegheny County, Blasts Republican Critics Of Budget Proposal 

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Talked Budget, US Steel, Main Street During Allegheny County Visit

-- WESA: Shapiro Talks Up Main Street Investments, Gets Some Shopping Done In Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Has Strong Words For US Steel Over Proposed Deal

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House, Senate Ended 2023 Sitting On Surplus Of  $298.5 Million In Taxpayer Money In Their Legislative Accounts

-- PennLive - John Baer: PA Legislature Is Using Your Money To Set Records - For Itself [Nearly $300 Million In Their Legislative Accounts]

-- Post-Gazette: Western PA Republicans Vote To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary After Opposing Bipartisan Border Measure In Congress

-- PA Capital-Star: Candidates Running For Statewide Office In Pennsylvania

-- PA Capital-Star: Candidates Running For Congressional Seats In Pennsylvania

-- TribLive Editorial: Election For Santos Seat Strikes Familiar Chord In PA

-- PA Capital-Star: Feds Deliver Stark Warnings To State Election Officials Ahead Of November

-- WNEP: Super Bowl Wagers Down 15% From 2023 In PA

-- The Center Square: Solving ‘Skill’ Gambling Game Public Safety Concerns In Progress

-- Spotlight PA: State Treasurer Garrity’s Decision To Invest More PA Tax Money In Israel Bonds Draws Protect, Democratic Opposition

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Rural PA Hospitals ‘On The Brink Of Disaster’

-- TribLive: College, University Endowments Rebound From Bad Year; Pitt Remains Largest In Western PA

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[Posted: February 15, 2024]  PA Environment Digest